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The Weekly Fix: Don't Steal. Politicians Don't Like Competitors.

The fix is in. Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski has been convicted on 47 (out of 54) federal corruption charges. The Democrat mayor was accused of orchestrating a pay-to-play corruption scheme that involved bribery, conspiracy, attempted extortion, destroying evidence, lying to the FBI, and fraud.

Pawlowski was secretly recorded multiple times discussing city contracts and insisting that business only be awarded to the contractors who donated generously to his 2014 gubernatorial and 2016 Senate campaigns.

In one recording, Pawlowski said he wanted a $5,000 campaign donation from the law firm Stevens & Lee before he awarded them any more legal contract work. Attorneys from the firm testified that the mayor would confirm meetings to discuss city contracts, then solicit a campaign donation in the next breath.

Prosecutors accused Pawlowski of “selling his office to the highest bidder.” Of course, the Mayor insists he was the victim of false accusations and an unjustified FBI witch hunt. He has yet to be sentenced but faces up to 20 years in prison on each of the 47 charges.

Based on the recorded evidence, Mayor Pawlowski clearly broke the law and abused his power while in office. The jury’s verdict sends a clear message to other Pennsylvania lawmakers: The Commonwealth’s elected officials are not above the law.

If only Congressional Democrats would send the same message to Senator Bob Menendez…

It’s time to take a stand. The American people aren’t being heard by their representatives because the game is rigged. Government isn’t broken. It’s “fixed.”

The fix is in. Did you know, the four richest counties in the United States (and nine of the top 20) are all suburbs of Washington, D.C.? Loudoun County, Virginia takes the #1 spot with a median household income of $125,900. That is more than double the median household income for the entire country.

The fix is in. Democrats finally manufactured enough outrage to force Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign. Pruitt’s resignation had nothing to do with his job performance. In fact, his legacy of regulatory reform will continue to have long-lasting benefits for small businesses and hard-working American families.

The fix is in. During an interview for a documentary series titled, The Swamp, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) revealed that Republican members of Congress must “pay rent” for revered legislative committee positions.

The fix is in. A senior ranking official at the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, Nancy A. Johnson, has been charged with accepting bribes worth tens of thousands of dollars during a 2015 collective bargaining negotiation with Fiat Chrysler.